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dana bash standing by. john mccain, lindsey graham saying the president's plan for limited action as it's being called would send the wrong signal. what do we expect from this meeting today with the president and is there any doubt that his evidence is rock solid. >> reporter: that's a question that some in congress are asking. the point you heard from russia there. maybe there's a clear evidence that chemical weapons have been used but some are wondering whether it's clear and irrefutable who used it. they will continue to make the case that they have been making. as you mentioned john mccain has been pushing for the president to do more and go further on the syria than the white house is planning. they want to see a clear plan and strategy from this white house for just what the goal of any sort of military action in syria. they want to see strikes against significant military assets of assad. they think the goal should be to shift the balance of power on the battlefield against assad. the white house has
dana bash standing by. john mccain, lindsey graham saying the president's plan for limited action as it's being called would send the wrong signal. what do we expect from this meeting today with the president and is there any doubt that his evidence is rock solid. >> reporter: that's a question that some in congress are asking. the point you heard from russia there. maybe there's a clear evidence that chemical weapons have been used but some are wondering whether it's clear and...
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you want to react to what dana just reported, jay? >> well, wolf, i'm fascinated to hear dana's report. i think it reflects that so much of what we've been seeing in these past days has been the result of an internal political struggle within the republican party, and especially within the house republican conference. remember, that speaker of the house boehner initially indicated that he was pursuing a course of action that would lead to the passage of a clean continuing resolution, a clean bill that would fund the government without any extraneous agenda items, but he withdrew from that course of action under pressure from the tea party caucus, and now according to cnn's reporting and others, there is a movement of some more mott rat republicans within that conference who are saying simply that it's bad for the american people to go down this road and to shut the government down for a political, partisan reason. congress has two responsibilities, as the president said, to ensure that the government is funded, and to pay the bills of
you want to react to what dana just reported, jay? >> well, wolf, i'm fascinated to hear dana's report. i think it reflects that so much of what we've been seeing in these past days has been the result of an internal political struggle within the republican party, and especially within the house republican conference. remember, that speaker of the house boehner initially indicated that he was pursuing a course of action that would lead to the passage of a clean continuing resolution, a...
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let's bring in dana bash. dana, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement from marco rubio. the aftermath of a huge win for christie. rubio of course another extremely popular, likely presidential candidate. >> erin, he was careful to congratulate chris christie multiple times in my interview and note they have a good relationship. but you're right. that answer you just played, he said the words new jersey four times in two sentences. didn't even try to subtle in hi attempt to remind people before they go coronating chris christie as the 2016 candidate he won in that one state where he is well-known and well-liked. still, the virginia candidate for governor that rubio campaigned for, ken cuccinelli, polls show even republicans were turned off by tea party tactics. >> the republican party has taken some hits with the shutdown and other things and sort of the movement from which you came has also taken some hits. how do you square that? do you think that maybe you all have made a couple of mistakes, tactically, strategically, that has hurt the republican party? >> well, i thin
let's bring in dana bash. dana, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement from marco rubio. the aftermath of a huge win for christie. rubio of course another extremely popular, likely presidential candidate. >> erin, he was careful to congratulate chris christie multiple times in my interview and note they have a good relationship. but you're right. that answer you just played, he said the words new jersey four times in two sentences. didn't even try to subtle in hi attempt to remind...
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dana, the floor is yours. >> thank you, brooke. i'm here with congressman scott ridgell from the state of virginia. tell me whether you think this course of action that you all just discussed and i gather agreed to, to not send back a clean bill funding the government, as democrats are demanding, but to add a delay of the individual mandate for a year and also keeping federal subsidies for you and your fellow congressmen -- >> removing them. >> removing all federal subsidies for the health insurance for all members of congress and staff. and i really think it's important that we include the president in this, too. i believe in leadership by example. a principle i learned a long time ago. i think we're actually going to improve the affordable care act if it does have to stay. we think it should be unwound, of course, but what we're doing now, i think, is wise. i hope our conference will unite behind this and send it to the floor for a vote. then send it over to the senate. it's a reasonable effort. and i think a wise one. >> you're
dana, the floor is yours. >> thank you, brooke. i'm here with congressman scott ridgell from the state of virginia. tell me whether you think this course of action that you all just discussed and i gather agreed to, to not send back a clean bill funding the government, as democrats are demanding, but to add a delay of the individual mandate for a year and also keeping federal subsidies for you and your fellow congressmen -- >> removing them. >> removing all federal subsidies...
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dana bash, a lot of questions for you. let's just begin with the fact that this wasn't easy for the senator, i imagine. >> it was not. i can tell you that for sure it was not easy. but this kind of thing happens all over america all the time. even in conservative homes. sons and daughters come to their parents and reveal that they're gay. the difference here, of course, is that this father is a u.s. senator with a megaphone and a vote to try to give his gay son more rights. he invited us into his office yesterday to tell us this dramatic news. >> governor mitt romney! >> reporter: you probably recognize ohio senator rob portman from his tireless campaigning for mitt romney. even on romney's short list for vice president. he's been a leading republican voice on the economy for four decades. >> we need to spur economic growth and create more jobs. >> reporter: now the prominent conservative from ohio will be known for something else, changing his hard-line position against gay marriage, which he revealed to cnn. and the very
dana bash, a lot of questions for you. let's just begin with the fact that this wasn't easy for the senator, i imagine. >> it was not. i can tell you that for sure it was not easy. but this kind of thing happens all over america all the time. even in conservative homes. sons and daughters come to their parents and reveal that they're gay. the difference here, of course, is that this father is a u.s. senator with a megaphone and a vote to try to give his gay son more rights. he invited us...
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dana bash on capitol hill where the political blame game intensifying. christine romans focuses on how it could affect you directly and zain asher at the new york stock exchange where the markets are already react package. if dana, the senate is expected to reject a spending plan passed by house republicans that would delay obama care for a year. so is that the point of no return? are we heading down this path. >> reporter: yes. it looks like there is -- it's looking a lot more likely that the government will shutdown for a little bit. here's why. i was just talking to some republican sources who, by the way, are going to meet. house republicans will meet at 2:00. in two hours to figure out their next move in of this chess game. and i am told a leading option for them to respond with isn't a clean bill, isn't a bill that senate democrats and the president are demanding which is fund the government no strings attached but perhaps to attach something tells delaying obama care and that is the leading option i'm told by republican sources is to delay the ind
dana bash on capitol hill where the political blame game intensifying. christine romans focuses on how it could affect you directly and zain asher at the new york stock exchange where the markets are already react package. if dana, the senate is expected to reject a spending plan passed by house republicans that would delay obama care for a year. so is that the point of no return? are we heading down this path. >> reporter: yes. it looks like there is -- it's looking a lot more likely...
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let's go to dana bash. dana, what's going on? >> reporter: what's going on is the russia developments have caused a change in the united states senate. the senate majority leader harry reid was going to set things up for a wednesday procedural vote on authorizing military force. he's decided to delay that, and the specific reason i'm told by a senior democratic source is because of these developing in russia. they don't want senators to be locked in to have to vote. they want to give things more time, i'm told, to have things percolate. very interesting that they are delaying this. >> are they upbeat, a bit more encouraged maybe there would be a peaceful diplomatic way out of the this current crisis as a result of this initiative? >> reporter: i don't know if they are upbeat or encouraged, but definitely hopeful. i just had a member pull me aside coming out of a private briefing, who said that he's getting a lot of questions about what's going on with russia, and a lot of members very clearly are really hoping, every finger and t
let's go to dana bash. dana, what's going on? >> reporter: what's going on is the russia developments have caused a change in the united states senate. the senate majority leader harry reid was going to set things up for a wednesday procedural vote on authorizing military force. he's decided to delay that, and the specific reason i'm told by a senior democratic source is because of these developing in russia. they don't want senators to be locked in to have to vote. they want to give...
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dana barb is in washingtsh is i this story. >> as we speak there is additional tests on this envelope. as of yesterday, the chief law enforcement official of the u.s. senate told senators, and made a clear, broad statement that he does believe what was found in this envelope to senator wicker, is that it was ricen, but late last night, the fbi issued a statement saying they don't feel as confident, there needs to be additional tests done. and that's what's going on as we speak in a lap in maryland which is not too far from washington dc. never the less, the senators were briefed and told to be very careful. >> what is senator wicker saying about this? does he feel targeted or was it just a random act? >> he is not saying anything really at all. he is being very careful, very mum. our producer is at his office right now and they're repeating what they said last night and said this is a matter for law enforcement to deal with. he and his wife say thank you for all of your help, but he has been very careful not to say too much. i think understandably so. on that note, i should say that a
dana barb is in washingtsh is i this story. >> as we speak there is additional tests on this envelope. as of yesterday, the chief law enforcement official of the u.s. senate told senators, and made a clear, broad statement that he does believe what was found in this envelope to senator wicker, is that it was ricen, but late last night, the fbi issued a statement saying they don't feel as confident, there needs to be additional tests done. and that's what's going on as we speak in a lap in...
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all of them, john king, gloria borger, dana bash. what are the headlines out of this? what do we know? >> reporter: first of all we know this is not a grand bargain. this is not going to address the big things that really are eating away at the country's economy, the debt and the deficit. but it is a deal. it's something that we haven't seen in a very long time. >> and it will keep the government going. there won't be a shutdown. >> reporter: that is really a key. we have not seen anything that has gone down to the wire in a long time. what are we talking about? . we'll just go through some of the details. it is going to eliminate the arbitrary forced spending cuts for two years and instead allow congress to choose the cuts. again, it won't be arbitrary. >> the so-called sequestration. >> reporter: how are they going to do that? they're going to pay for it with an increase in airline travel fees and an increase in the worker contribution to federal pensions. so that is the outlines of the deal. it's not global. it's not going to really attack the debt and deficit, but
all of them, john king, gloria borger, dana bash. what are the headlines out of this? what do we know? >> reporter: first of all we know this is not a grand bargain. this is not going to address the big things that really are eating away at the country's economy, the debt and the deficit. but it is a deal. it's something that we haven't seen in a very long time. >> and it will keep the government going. there won't be a shutdown. >> reporter: that is really a key. we have not...
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dana bash thanks. you look at, i mean you were there. >> right. well we have policies that will work for every american and that message does need to be conveyed more effectively and one of our challenges and i laud eric for making the speech that he did with the people he brought into the speech because he had a student who was helped by an opportunity scholarship for a better school outside the d.c. system and you know, young immigrant who wants to do better with her high degree, you know, we do need to make sure that we cut through in the national media in ways that have bee hard for us to put through. >> it's not just spin. it's not just we have to work on the messaging. there are serious policy issues that certainly when you talk to latino elected officials on the democratic side would highlight the policy issues. >> i speaked to eric cantor before and after, the thing you're wrestling with is how much of this is a messaging and sort of microinitiative thing and how much fundamental policy changes the republican party have to make. cantor is
dana bash thanks. you look at, i mean you were there. >> right. well we have policies that will work for every american and that message does need to be conveyed more effectively and one of our challenges and i laud eric for making the speech that he did with the people he brought into the speech because he had a student who was helped by an opportunity scholarship for a better school outside the d.c. system and you know, young immigrant who wants to do better with her high degree, you...
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let's go first to dana bash. so what are we hearing from senator cruz? what does all this mean? >> well, we're not really issue. an aide to senator cruz tells me he is not ruling out pushing a strategy that once again could result in the government shutdown. most of his republican colleagues say good luck with that, no way. in fact mitch mcconnell told "the hill" newspaper he will not let the government shut down again and budget negotiators started working this morning to make sure that doesn't happen. these bipartisan images an conciliatory words may not be much, but they're a start. >> we had a good conversation over breakfast this morning. >> we want to look for ways to find common ground to get a budget agreement. >> reporter: after a 16-day shutdown, it's understandable if you're skeptical. these are the first official budget negotiations in four years, only forced to start as part of the deal to reopen the government. still several house republicans tell cnn there is reason for optimism. ted cruz may not have regrets over a losing strategy to defund obama care, but others
let's go first to dana bash. so what are we hearing from senator cruz? what does all this mean? >> well, we're not really issue. an aide to senator cruz tells me he is not ruling out pushing a strategy that once again could result in the government shutdown. most of his republican colleagues say good luck with that, no way. in fact mitch mcconnell told "the hill" newspaper he will not let the government shut down again and budget negotiators started working this morning to make...
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dana bash is joining us now from manhattan in new york. dana, weiner spoke out. i know he's going to be speaking later. what did he have to say? >> reporter: i should tell you, wolf, he's now at the first event of the day, the first public event of the day. he arrived here to gaggle of reporters, including myself, including a rush to get in. it looked like the lone ranger. it turns out he is the real carlos danger. that's, of course, the name anthony weiner used on the internet. but he's waiting to testify before the housing authority again. business as usual as he makes clear he's not going anywhere. >> anthony weiner says his fate is in the voters' hands. translation, he's staying in the race. >> that's for citizens to decide. look, i know there are some who may never concede of voting for me because of my past. i get that. >> reporter: a new e-mail to supporters, subject line, worth fighting for, tries to appeal to their sensibilities. he says new yorkers never quit and says i'll never quit on you. he did not disclose about sending pictures and e-mails to her.
dana bash is joining us now from manhattan in new york. dana, weiner spoke out. i know he's going to be speaking later. what did he have to say? >> reporter: i should tell you, wolf, he's now at the first event of the day, the first public event of the day. he arrived here to gaggle of reporters, including myself, including a rush to get in. it looked like the lone ranger. it turns out he is the real carlos danger. that's, of course, the name anthony weiner used on the internet. but he's...
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dana bash is our chief congressional correspondent with us as well. wolf, i'll start with you, give us a sense of what you think the tone will be. connie mack saying he thinks she has a ton of respect and no one will be playing gotcha. >> i think it will be respectful, it's only supposed to go on for 90 minutes starting at the top of the hour, and later this afternoon, 90 minutes, so it will be limited in time, she's highly respected, and she's coming after a very serious illness, a concussion followed by a blood clot in her head. she's wrapping up her tenure. so there are serious question that's will be reviewed. >> she's done that before, right? >> she'll do it again today. >> so to some degree, because she has done it before, what else do you think they need to or want to hear from her? >> she didn't herself testify before that accountability review board. they're going to want to hear her side of the story. where was she, why didn't she go on the sunday talk shows, why did she delegate susan rice who has no responsibility for d diplomatic security
dana bash is our chief congressional correspondent with us as well. wolf, i'll start with you, give us a sense of what you think the tone will be. connie mack saying he thinks she has a ton of respect and no one will be playing gotcha. >> i think it will be respectful, it's only supposed to go on for 90 minutes starting at the top of the hour, and later this afternoon, 90 minutes, so it will be limited in time, she's highly respected, and she's coming after a very serious illness, a...
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dana bash joins us from capitol hill. you have been talking to members all weekend. what's your sense of how tough of a sell it is now? >> extremely tough. they are not there. they are not even close. i want to give viewers a sense of where it falls. it's not a along party lines at all. listen to what we heard from a democrat and a republican after coming out of a classified briefing yesterday. sunday of labor day weekend. >> we want to hold him accountable. we want there to be consequence s. is that going to war? is that bombing, killing people ? i'm not there yet. >> i'm a no based on the information i have now. not with respect to the evidence that the assad regime committed the atrocity. i'm a no because the clarity of with where all of this goeses, the definition that we have accomplished the mission is still unclear to me. >> you have a good example of what we have been hearing i can tell you the conversations are continuing today as athena was mention ing. in 20 minutes members inside the house will get on a conference call. we now know it will be secretary of
dana bash joins us from capitol hill. you have been talking to members all weekend. what's your sense of how tough of a sell it is now? >> extremely tough. they are not there. they are not even close. i want to give viewers a sense of where it falls. it's not a along party lines at all. listen to what we heard from a democrat and a republican after coming out of a classified briefing yesterday. sunday of labor day weekend. >> we want to hold him accountable. we want there to be...
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dana bash, thanks so much for your reporting. we appreciate it. >>> there is cautious hope this morning that iran's new president elected this weekend could help ease re&ations with the west. the country's new president is while vowing to release scores of political prisoners. live from abu dhabi this morning, the question for everyone here in the u.s. is what could this mean for tense or nonexistent u.s.-iranian relations, particularly on the critical issue of the country's nuclear program? what are you hearing? >> reporter: it's still way too early to say, kate, but certainly this is a candidate who's come in and injected some optimism and hope that maybe iran can improve its relations with the west. coming into this campaign, many thought this was a sham election, that the supreme leader and the hard line establishment hp" set the stage for one of their loyalists to come in and win. but in comes hassan rohani, a dark horse, who starts passionately criticizing the regime, calling for improved relations with the west, and the op
dana bash, thanks so much for your reporting. we appreciate it. >>> there is cautious hope this morning that iran's new president elected this weekend could help ease re&ations with the west. the country's new president is while vowing to release scores of political prisoners. live from abu dhabi this morning, the question for everyone here in the u.s. is what could this mean for tense or nonexistent u.s.-iranian relations, particularly on the critical issue of the country's...
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let's bring in dana bash. as we await weiner's news conference or statement, whatever he's going to do, give our views a little background on what has developed today. >> you just laid it out very well, wolf. the basic gist is on the internet today we saw a web site post some exchanges and some pictures with anthony weiner and an unnamed woman. since then he has released a statement saying some are true, some are not true. we don't know what are and what aren't. all of them are pretty sexually explicit. the key question, though, is whether these took place. he of course left two years ago saying he was going to go to rehab, go into rehab saying he was going to change his life. he said the same thing when he announced his candidacy for mayor, which he is engaged in now. so this web site called the dirty says that these exchanges took place last year, well after he said he had become, in his words, a new man. let me read the written statement. it's lengthy but carefully worded. here's what he said, "i said that
let's bring in dana bash. as we await weiner's news conference or statement, whatever he's going to do, give our views a little background on what has developed today. >> you just laid it out very well, wolf. the basic gist is on the internet today we saw a web site post some exchanges and some pictures with anthony weiner and an unnamed woman. since then he has released a statement saying some are true, some are not true. we don't know what are and what aren't. all of them are pretty...
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>> as you know, dana, we're standing by to hear from the speaker of the house. we've been waiting for a while. he's getting ready to make a statement. i assume he's going to be reacting to the president's inaugural address. >> reporter: he might be asked about that, but i actually was down at that press conference. it's an hour later. i had to come up and talk to you, because it's so late. i wasn't able to stay and ask him questions about that. but the reason he's coming out, wolf, so to talk, see, no budget, no pay, is to talk about a vote that the house republicans are going to take tomorrow to raise the debt ceiling temporarily for three months. and what he informed his caucus about, just in the last hour and a half, is that they are going to write a budget that tries to balance the budget in ten years. that is going to mean massive cuts across the board from the perspective of republicans, but that's how he hopes to get conservatives to agree to raise the debt ceiling temporarily. >> he's got his own problems, as well as speaker. not an easy job. we'll stand
>> as you know, dana, we're standing by to hear from the speaker of the house. we've been waiting for a while. he's getting ready to make a statement. i assume he's going to be reacting to the president's inaugural address. >> reporter: he might be asked about that, but i actually was down at that press conference. it's an hour later. i had to come up and talk to you, because it's so late. i wasn't able to stay and ask him questions about that. but the reason he's coming out, wolf,...
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dana? >> that's right, we are honored to have john lewis here who is now member of congress, but most importantly, i think, given this day, you were a compatriot of martin luther king, jr. what did it feel like to stand here on martin luther king holiday with a black president being inaugerat ainaugurated fod time? >> it was very moving, unreal, almost unbelievable to see president obama taking the oath with martin luther king, jr. i saw him reading that on mabib many, many occasions. >> you heard in the president's speech mention in one breath thelma, stonewall, seneca falls. what did that mean to you? >> the president was saying in spite of our differences, in spite of all of our issues, the difficulties, that we're one people. we're one american. it doesn't matter whether we're black or white, hispanic, asian american, native american, it doesn't matter whether we're straight or gay, we're one people. we're one country. that we all live in the same house, the american house. >> you have
dana? >> that's right, we are honored to have john lewis here who is now member of congress, but most importantly, i think, given this day, you were a compatriot of martin luther king, jr. what did it feel like to stand here on martin luther king holiday with a black president being inaugerat ainaugurated fod time? >> it was very moving, unreal, almost unbelievable to see president obama taking the oath with martin luther king, jr. i saw him reading that on mabib many, many...
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good morning, dana. >> good morning, chris. for years just the threat of this major senate rules change, the nuclear option, had been enough to force the parties to compromise because the alternative was thought to be mutually assured destruction. democrats have launched and republicans are all but threatening to retaliate. john mccain is a republican who tends to work across the aisle and says by detonating the nuclear option democrats may have blown up any remnants of senate bipartisanship. >> puts a chill on everything that requires bipartisanship. >> reporter: republican feathers are so ruffled, agreement on issues that should pass may be harder to find. >> they're going to be difficulties from time to time where cooperation was probably the case in the past and will not be now. >> reporter: the historic rules change strips republicans of their power to block the president's executive and judicial nominees, except the supreme court. instead of 60 votes to break a filibuster it's now 51 votes, a simple majority. it's called
good morning, dana. >> good morning, chris. for years just the threat of this major senate rules change, the nuclear option, had been enough to force the parties to compromise because the alternative was thought to be mutually assured destruction. democrats have launched and republicans are all but threatening to retaliate. john mccain is a republican who tends to work across the aisle and says by detonating the nuclear option democrats may have blown up any remnants of senate...
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dana bash on capitol hill. thank you. let's dig a little deeper with our chief national correspondent john king. you heard senator mccain, john, he was pretty blunt. it's about elections. the republicans did not do well with the hispanic voters last time around. remind our viewers about those numbers. >> even saying "not do well" is an understatement. there's legitimate policy concerns. when is the border secure? legal status, citizenship, is that amnesty? so we'll debate the policy. as senator mccain notes, the numbers don't lie. let's look at the presidential race. mitt romney got 27% of the latino vote. nationally in 2012. that was down from john mccain got 31% in 2000 and he lost. george w. bush proved the point. the republicans need to get about 40% or more to win a race for president. this isn't just about the presidency. look at a couple of senate races from 2012 right here. in the state of florida, democrats nearly 6 in 10 latino votes. in virginia, 62%. in arizona, 74%. we can go state, by state, by state. democr
dana bash on capitol hill. thank you. let's dig a little deeper with our chief national correspondent john king. you heard senator mccain, john, he was pretty blunt. it's about elections. the republicans did not do well with the hispanic voters last time around. remind our viewers about those numbers. >> even saying "not do well" is an understatement. there's legitimate policy concerns. when is the border secure? legal status, citizenship, is that amnesty? so we'll debate the...
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thanks, dana. thanks very much. let's dig a little deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger, chief political correspondent candy crowley. >> we were laughing at that. >> are we any closer to a deal? >> i don't think we are. i think everyone's listening, which i think is a step forward. but i think the president's problem when you come right down to it, and dana alluded to this, is his own party. i mean, he met with democrats who don't want to move on entitlements and the decision the president has to make in terms of his legacy and whether or not he feels like he can get a grand bargain, is how much is he willing to take on his own base? because those are the people who got him re-elected and is he willing to take on his own base so he can get over this fiscal speed bump and on to the legacy items that he really wants to pursue? >> because we've spent so much time talking about tax hikes that what's been hidden in all of this is that entitlement reform is a huge problem for the president as gl
thanks, dana. thanks very much. let's dig a little deeper right now with our chief political analyst gloria borger, chief political correspondent candy crowley. >> we were laughing at that. >> are we any closer to a deal? >> i don't think we are. i think everyone's listening, which i think is a step forward. but i think the president's problem when you come right down to it, and dana alluded to this, is his own party. i mean, he met with democrats who don't want to move on...
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dana bash takes a look exactly at that issue. >> reporter: at a new hampshire town hall meeting in 2000, a voter asked then gop presidential candidate john mccain who he would put in his cabinet. listen to his answer. >> as far as secretary of defense is concerned, there's a lot of people that could do that. one of them i think is senator chuck hagel. >> reporter: that's right, mccain volunteered that he would consider chuck hagel for defense secretary. the same man he now criticizes 13 years later for the same post in president obama's administration. >> my biggest concern is his overall attitude about the united states, our role in the world, particularly in the middle east. >> reporter: what happened? to understand the depth of their fallout is to understand how close their friendship once was. beginning in 1996 when mccain lent his star power to hagel's first senate campaign. they shared a bond over their service in vietnam. in mccain's 2000 presidential race, hagel serve eld as campaign co-chair and local surrogate. >> here's a man whose life has been committed to something larger
dana bash takes a look exactly at that issue. >> reporter: at a new hampshire town hall meeting in 2000, a voter asked then gop presidential candidate john mccain who he would put in his cabinet. listen to his answer. >> as far as secretary of defense is concerned, there's a lot of people that could do that. one of them i think is senator chuck hagel. >> reporter: that's right, mccain volunteered that he would consider chuck hagel for defense secretary. the same man he now...
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i'm joined by gloria borger up on capitol hill, dana bash. gloria, it was a tough, tough day for chuck hagel and some people think he didn't necessarily help himself. >> no. i think he didn't quell any of the skepticism about him and in talking to a couple of republican senators on the hill, the response that i got was that he seemed unsteady in many of his answers, even on the most predictable questions, as jessica pointed out. he was clearly going to get a question from john mccain on the iraq surge. he didn't answer that to mccain's liking. and later, you know, on that issue of iran, which we knew was going to be a flashpoint for him, he seemed to confuse the president's policy. let's take a listen to that. >> i have just been handed a note that i misspoke and said i supported the president's position on containment. if i said that, it meant to say that i obvious cannily his position on containment we don't have a position on containment. >> well, we do have a position on containment, as the chairman of the armed services committee carl le
i'm joined by gloria borger up on capitol hill, dana bash. gloria, it was a tough, tough day for chuck hagel and some people think he didn't necessarily help himself. >> no. i think he didn't quell any of the skepticism about him and in talking to a couple of republican senators on the hill, the response that i got was that he seemed unsteady in many of his answers, even on the most predictable questions, as jessica pointed out. he was clearly going to get a question from john mccain on...
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dana bash on capitol hill. >>> let's stay on capitol hill and get some republican perspective. congress jason chaffetz of utah joins me. thanks for coming in. >> thanks, wolf, i appreciate it. >> i assume you agree that getting rid of obama care any time soon is a fantasy, right? >> no, look, we have a duty and an obligation in this country to leave it better than how we found it. we as republicans believe at some point you have to balance the budget so you can start to pay off the $16 trillion debt we incurred. i am in favor of repealing this, democrats may not. they need to put forward a budget. the president needs to put forward a budget, which by the way he has not yet done. then we have this dialogue in this country. so that's what the process is about. >> in order to repeal obama care, congressman, you know this as well as anyone, you're a legislator, you have to pass the legislation in house of representatives, you might be able to do that since you have a republican majority, but then you have to pass it in the senate as well, and that's almost certainly not going to ha
dana bash on capitol hill. >>> let's stay on capitol hill and get some republican perspective. congress jason chaffetz of utah joins me. thanks for coming in. >> thanks, wolf, i appreciate it. >> i assume you agree that getting rid of obama care any time soon is a fantasy, right? >> no, look, we have a duty and an obligation in this country to leave it better than how we found it. we as republicans believe at some point you have to balance the budget so you can start...
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dana, i'm so glad you are here. you have studied the intelligence system more than anyone. when you heard the russian intelligence service called the fbi and said, fbi, you should look into tamerlan sper lar tsa what does that say to you? >> they had a file that was supposed to go, stay active, even if they found nothing. these days if someone like the russians or other foreign governments bring information to the fbi's attention it is supposed to go into a repository that basically never gets closed. and the whole idea is maybe you don't know right now if any of the information amounts to much, but you leave it there so when you get more information, pretty soon one-and-one equals two and maybe rumor suspicioare yo you . it wasn't just the fbi that got information. it was the cia and they did two very different things with it. to answer the question, was the ball dropped? you have to figure out where the ball went. did it end up where it really needs to end up? with a specialist analysis person at the national counterterrorism center, something that was built after 9/11, w
dana, i'm so glad you are here. you have studied the intelligence system more than anyone. when you heard the russian intelligence service called the fbi and said, fbi, you should look into tamerlan sper lar tsa what does that say to you? >> they had a file that was supposed to go, stay active, even if they found nothing. these days if someone like the russians or other foreign governments bring information to the fbi's attention it is supposed to go into a repository that basically never...
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dana bash is up on capitol hill working the details. she's joining us now with the latest. dana? >> reporter: senator menendez feels vindicated but the story about using prostitutes is not over. the woman in this video posted on the conservative "the daily caller" website alleged that senator robert menendez paid her $100 for sex in the dominican republic. now in this affidavit, she says she is the woman in the obscured video and she was not paid to have sex with menendez but was paid to lie about it. i am the person in the video. that is me and those are my words but this statement is not true, she said in the affidavit. menendez was eager to find the cameras to say, i told you so. >> from the very beginning i said that nameless, faceless anonymous sources took from right-winger blogs took this story, which were just false smears right before an election cycle, attempted to do it then and ultimately drove it into the mainstream press but there were never anything other than false smears. >> reporter: a key question now, if the woman in the video was paid to lie, who paid her and
dana bash is up on capitol hill working the details. she's joining us now with the latest. dana? >> reporter: senator menendez feels vindicated but the story about using prostitutes is not over. the woman in this video posted on the conservative "the daily caller" website alleged that senator robert menendez paid her $100 for sex in the dominican republic. now in this affidavit, she says she is the woman in the obscured video and she was not paid to have sex with menendez but...
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here's our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: john boehner tried to put benghazi directly at the president's door step. >> the white house has done everything possible to block access to the information that would outline the truth. and the question you have to ask is why? >> reporter: he's calling on the president to order officials to give congress emails that will show who deleted references to al qaeda from administration talking points about the attack. >> what in alcan door is your goal here? >> the goal is to get to truth. four americans, four americans lost their lives. >> reporter: even after wednesday's six hour hearing there are still several unanswered questions. one, whether it was a political decision to remove any mention of al qaeda from those talking points. a fear of stepping on the president's campaign message that he crippled al qaeda. republicans say yes. obama aides intentionally misled americans. the white house insists the answer is no. >> the only edits made by anybody was stylistic and nonsubstantive. >> reporter: but greg hicks raised do
here's our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: john boehner tried to put benghazi directly at the president's door step. >> the white house has done everything possible to block access to the information that would outline the truth. and the question you have to ask is why? >> reporter: he's calling on the president to order officials to give congress emails that will show who deleted references to al qaeda from administration talking points about the...
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dana bash had an exclusive interview with the texas republican. we'll share some of that with you when we come back. cg/úÑÑ just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [ female announcer ] today cisco is connecting the internet of everything. so everything works like never before. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? thanks. what? i have obligations. cute tobligations, but obligations.g. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares
dana bash had an exclusive interview with the texas republican. we'll share some of that with you when we come back. cg/úÑÑ just by talking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient's record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne's. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms and pilots and stadiums. but, of course, it's a good listener too. [...
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our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us with the latest details. what happened? >> reporter: wolf, i just spoke with a republican source in the house who said that at the end of the day tomorrow we expect it to be a pretty long hearing. he expects the american people will see that the state department is not giving the public enough answers and that they have not held people accountable enough for what happened in been ghazi. perhaps that is why republicans in the senate skipped the idea of pressing their points on the benghazi attacks. >>> this confirmation hearing for libya's next u.s. ambassador is most notable for what did not happen. no tough questions for republicans about september's benghazi attack that killed the last ambassador chris stevens. in fact, virtually no senators in either party even showed up. only the chairman, top republican, and john mccain engage the nominee. >> chairman i can stop or keep going. since no one else is here. >> in an exclusive interview with cnn deborah jones a well respected career diplomat was partly upset
our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is joining us with the latest details. what happened? >> reporter: wolf, i just spoke with a republican source in the house who said that at the end of the day tomorrow we expect it to be a pretty long hearing. he expects the american people will see that the state department is not giving the public enough answers and that they have not held people accountable enough for what happened in been ghazi. perhaps that is why republicans in the...
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our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is here in the situation room working this story. seems to be intensifying. >> it does, but remember, last weekend, right in this very studio on cnn's "state of the union", the republican chair of the house oversight committee made waves by seeming to make a conclusion in this investigation before finishing it. just yesterday, his democratic counterpart kind of did the same thing. but after a month of investigating, we've been digging and talking to the investigators, and it actually appears they agree on more than meets the eye. two sundays in a row, two different political parties, two very different takes on the status of their bipartisan irs investigation. >> based upon everything i've seen, the case is solved, and if it were me, i would wrap this case up and move on. >> this is a problem that was coordinated, in all likelihood, right out of washington headquarters, and we're getting to proving it. >> the republican takeaway from interviews with irs employees in cincinnati is that tax attorneys at irs headquarters in washington w
our chief congressional correspondent dana bash is here in the situation room working this story. seems to be intensifying. >> it does, but remember, last weekend, right in this very studio on cnn's "state of the union", the republican chair of the house oversight committee made waves by seeming to make a conclusion in this investigation before finishing it. just yesterday, his democratic counterpart kind of did the same thing. but after a month of investigating, we've been...
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let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. what's the answer? >> the answer is yes. i've talked to a source familiar with his plans and political movements. he already has plans in the not so distance future to visit south carolina and likely new hampshire and iowa. they are signs that rand paul is heavily engaged in a run for the white house. he got a lot of help from the surprisingly successful and high-profile filibuster. >> i will speak until i can no longer speak. >> rand paul's 13-hour talk fest ignited a war of words with his colleagues. >> if mr. paul wants to be taken seriously, he needs to do something other than stunts that fire up libertarian kids in their dorms. >> what he told "the huffington post" was all mccain. it's always the wacko birds on the right and left that get the media megaphone. paul responded on conservative radio calling mccain a war hero. >> you know, i treat senator mccain with respect. i don't think i always get the same in return. >> the back and forth illustrates several growing scisms inside the gop. but it wa
let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent dana bash. what's the answer? >> the answer is yes. i've talked to a source familiar with his plans and political movements. he already has plans in the not so distance future to visit south carolina and likely new hampshire and iowa. they are signs that rand paul is heavily engaged in a run for the white house. he got a lot of help from the surprisingly successful and high-profile filibuster. >> i will speak until i can no longer...